Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 2 | Finally she was given an enormous burgundy leatherbound folder that looked like some medieval city charter : it was the menu . |
| 3 | When it was over he was given a Military Cross by the British , and the Croix de Guerre by the French . |
| 4 | A few minutes later they were given a direct order to go to bed — and if you disobey a direct order you 're instantly put on report . |
| 5 | Now I was given a small , whitewashed room at the end of the long wooden balcony that ran the entire length of the house , above a courtyard shaded by long pergolas of vines . |
| 6 | Two weeks ago he was given a seven-year sentence for two rapes and two serious sexual assaults . |
| 7 | The firm represented Paula when she was given a conditional discharge for causing £570 damage to a taxi in a drunken rage . |
| 8 | Visas are not required for entry into Bolivia , where you are given a 30-day entrance stamp , renewable at a federal police station in any major city . |
| 9 | Well consider again this brief moment , where we 're given a new glimpse of someone last seen surrounded by a God-like power , the rector of Clongoes , where the young and impressionable Stephen had been to school . |
| 10 | England 's second encounter with West Indies was at Adelaide , where they were given a good start of 121 by Broad and Athey . |
| 11 | Reformed junkie Davies , who has served two prison sentences , met stunning Fiona Brown , 28 , when he was given a two-year probation order for theft . |
| 12 | • After serving 18 months in the wilderness as punishment for running Michael Heseltine 's leadership challenge , East Hampshire MP Michael Mates was welcomed in from the cold this week when he was given a ministerial post by the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | The turning point was Denis Law 's infamous transfer debacle in 1973 when he was given a free transfer by United and crossed Manchester to Maine Road to join Manchester City . |